sci.energy

On Oct 7, 4:32 am, Aaron Lawrence
wrote:
> On a pleasant day while strolling in , a
> person by the name of fruitella exclaimed:
>
> > ISRO looks at n-power to take it deep into universe
>
> > As India's space programme gets into its second phase, the Indian
> > Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking to harness nuclear
> > energy to propel its future rockets which will explore distant planets
> > and areas beyond the solar system.
>
> Excellent! China and India couldn't care less about
> polluting some remote part of their huge nations beyond
> repair, and then everyone else will look silly with
> their quaint "chemical" rockets :)
>

Have you ever wondered how much ozone-depleting chlorine compounds are
injected into the upper atmosphere by a shuttle launch?

Have you ever taken a look at how lifeless the regions around such
places as Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Chernobyl aren't?

So long as they are using NTR-Solid rockets, radioactives produced by
a launch are limited to neutron activation. These will only be short-
lived radionucleides that will not get to the innoccuous levels needed
to produce land that people will be afraid to live in (The area around
Chernobyl is pretty much a wilderness preserve).

Its not that China and India do not care, its that they do not care
about the shrill cries of scaremongering, antinuclear zealots. More
power to them!